WELCOME TO PSSLD
Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD) is the leading Liver society of Pakistan, working for the prevention and control of liver diseases in the country.
We are pleased to inform you that the Pakistan Society for the Study of Liver Diseases (PSSLD) will hold its
14th ANNUAL CONFERENCE to be held on December 11-13, 2020 Karachi. The theme of the meeting is
Quick Decisions in Hepatology.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, PSSLD Executive Council has decided to have a hybrid meeting this year. It will be an exciting, educational meeting with renowned national and international speakers participating.
Prof. Zaigham Abbas
President PSSLD &
Chair Organizing Committee
Dr. Amna Subhan Butt
General Secretary, PSSLD
Chair Scientific Committee
Faculty
International Faculty
National Faculty
Scientific Program
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
Day 1: Friday, December 11, 2020
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Symposium I: EUS in Hepatology Chairs: Christopher Khor (Singapore), Nonthalee Pausawasdi (Thailand), Wasim Jafri Moderator: Dr. Adeel Ur Rehman |
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10:00-10:20 |
EUS Anatomy of the Liver |
Damien M.Y. Tan (Singapore) |
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10:20-10:40 |
EUS Guided Vascular Interventions |
Kenneth Binmoeller (USA) |
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10:40-11:00 |
Endo-hepatology: the new paradigm |
Kenneth J. Chang (USA) |
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11:00-11:20 |
EUS-guided liver biopsy |
Nonthalee Pausawasdi (Thailand) |
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11:20-11:50 |
Discussion |
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11:50-12:00 |
Quiz |
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Symposium II: Tips and Tricks for Impactful Research Chairs: Shahid Sarwar , Jameel Ahmed , Arif Amir Nawaz , Altaf Shaikh , Farhana Kayani Moderator: Ghulam Fareed |
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12:00-12:15 |
Mistakes in designing, conducting a study, and potential solutions |
Asad Ali |
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12:15-12:30 |
Make it publishable: From the selection of a journal to getting it published |
Yasir Waheed |
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12:30-12:45 |
National and international funding opportunities for research in Hepatology |
Adeel Ajwad Butt (USA) |
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12:45-13:00 |
Discussion & Quiz |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
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Symposium III (A) Quick Decisions in Hepatology: Clinical Vignettes Chairs: Rustam Khan, Masroor Ahmed , Nadeem Tehami (UK), Abdul Qadir , Abdul Basit Moderator: Muhammad Kamran |
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14:30-14:45 |
A case of gastric variceal hemorrhage when endoscopic management fails |
Faisal Wasim Ismail |
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14:45-15:00 |
A case of acute liver failure due to Budd-Chiari Syndrome: From diagnosis to treatment |
Arif Amir Nawaz |
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15:00-15:15 |
A case of overlap syndrome (PBC/PSC with AIH) |
Sadik Memon |
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15:15-15:45 |
A patient with cirrhosis planned for laparotomy (Preop evaluation of patients with cirrhosis) |
Yasir Abbass Zaidi |
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15:45-16:00 |
A case of cirrhosis with Tuberculosis |
Amna Subhan Butt |
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16:00-16:15 |
Quiz/Break Chairs: Ashfaq Ahmaed, Rauf Memon, Abrar Sheikh, Sher Rehman, Adil NaseerModerator: Farina Hanif |
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Symposium III (B) Chairs: Abdul Rauf Memon, Abrar Sheikh, Sher Rehman, Adil Naseer, Riaz Awan Moderator: Farina Hanif |
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16:15-16:30 |
A case of infections in post-liver transplant patients |
Nasir Luck |
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16:30-16:45 |
A case of Wilsonn’s disease with associated neurological manifestation |
Shahid Rasool |
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16:45-17:00 |
A case of chronic hepatitis (HBV or HCV) in pregnancy |
Lubna Kamani |
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17:00-17:15 |
A patient with NAFLD and normal BMI |
Farrukh Saeed |
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17:15-17:30 |
A case of Sarcopenia and malnutrition in cirrhosis |
Rustam Khan |
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17:30-18:00 |
A recent liver transplant with Seventh-day syndrome |
Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar (Canada) |
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Break |
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18:00-19:00 |
QUIZ COMPETITION |
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Inauguration |
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19:00-19:05 |
Recitation from the Holy Quran (Video) |
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19:05-19:10 |
National Anthem (Video) |
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Addresses |
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19:10-19:20 |
President PSSLD and the Chair Organizing Committing |
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19:20-19:30 |
Chair Scientific Committee |
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Impact of COVID-19 |
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1930-1945 |
COVID-19 and liver involvement: Prof. Wasim Jafri |
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1945-2000 |
Challenges in the elimination of hepatitis in the COVID era: Prof. Saeed Hamid |
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2000 |
Vote of thanks: Vice president, Dr. Amjad Salamat |
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2005-2100 |
Dinner |
Day 2: Saturday, December 12 2020
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Symposium IV: Free Paper Presentations Chairs: Yasir Waheed, Shahid Rasool, Lubna Kamani, Muhammad Kamran |
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10:00-12:00 |
Free paper ( 12 presentations, 7 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for question answers) |
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Symposium V: Managing ACLF in 2020 Chairs: Saeed Hamid , Altaf Baqir , S. M Munir , Arif Amir Nawaz , Farina Hanif , Nusrat Yar Khan Moderator: Zahid Azam |
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12:00-12:15 |
ACLF reversal and ACLF again? |
Yogesh Chawla(India) |
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12:15-12:30 |
When to transplant in ACLF? |
Faisal Dar |
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12:30-12:45 |
New Treatment Options for ACLF |
Shiv Kumar Sarin (India) |
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12:45-13:00 |
Discussion |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Symposium VI: Managing Complications of Cirrhosis in 2020 Chairs: Tassawar Hussain , Muhammad Salih , Bashir Sheikh , Bakht Biland , Junaid Saleem Moderator: Farhana Kiyani |
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14:00-14:15 |
Current advances in the prevention and management of hepatorenal syndrome |
Ghias-Un Nabi Tayyab |
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14:15-14:30 |
Antibiotics prophylaxis in cirrhosis; pros and cons |
Necati Ormeci (Turkey) |
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14:30-14:45 |
Beta-blocker in decompensated cirrhosis: Jury is still out |
Ibrahim Mostafa (Egypt) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Managing portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome |
Amjad Salamat |
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15:00-15:30 |
Question Answers, Discussion |
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Nasir Luck
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Symposium VII: Portal Hypertension and Vascular Diseases Chairs: Masood Siddiq , Hasnain Ali Shah , Ghias-un-Nabi Tayyab , Farrukh Saeed , Salih M. Channa Moderator: Nazish Butt |
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15:30-15:45 |
Vascular targets for the improvement of Portal Hypertension |
Jordi Gracia-Sancho (Spain) |
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15:45-16:00 |
Post bleeding & Peri-procedural anticoagulation in cirrhosis: When to start and when to stop? |
Altaf Alam |
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16:00-16:15 |
Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension: Controversies in the Diagnosis and Management |
Anil Arora(India) |
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16:15-16:30 |
Discussion |
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16:30-17:00 |
Coffee Break |
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Symposium VIII: HCV Chairs:: Wasim Jafri , Sadiq Memon , Adeel Butt, Sharbat Khan , Qazi Masroor Moderator: Yasir Abbass Zaidi |
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17:00-17:15 |
Difficult to treat patients in the era of DAAs |
Rajender Reddy (USA) |
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17:15-17:30 |
Treating co-infections
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Saeed Hamid |
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17:30-17:45 |
Treat or not to treat HCV: In patients with HCC or patients receiving chemotherapy for other cancers |
Tawesak Tanwandee (Thailand) |
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17:45-18:00 |
Impact of DAAs on liver-related outcomes, all-cause mortality, and HCC incidence |
Fasiha Kanwal (USA) |
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18:00-18:30 |
Question Answers, Discussion |
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Symposium IX: HBV and HDV Chairs: Zaigham Abbass , Badar Fayyaz Zuberi , Shanil Qadir , Samiullah Sheikh , Asad Chaudhry Moderator: Faisal Wasim Ismail |
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18:30-18:45 |
Occult HBV infection diagnosis and treatment if any? |
Wasim Jafri |
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18:45-19:00 |
To treat or not to treat HBV infection: immune-tolerant and inactive carriers |
Robert Gish (USA) |
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19:00-19:15 |
Treatment of Hepatitis D: Any ray of hope? |
Mario Rizzetto (Italy) |
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19:15-19:30 |
New biomarkers of chronic hepatitis B infection |
Cihan Yurdaydin (Turkey) |
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19:30-19:45 |
Current and Future HBV Treatment |
Anna Lok (USA) |
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19:45-20:15 |
Question Answers, Discussion |
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Symposium X: NAFLD Chairs: Altaf Alam , Faisal Wasim Ismail , Amjad Salamat , Bekha Ram , Akif Dilshad Moderator: Amna Subhan Butt |
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20:15-20:30 |
Redefining NAFLD to MAFLD: Is this plausible? |
Ajay Kumar Duseja (India) |
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20:30-20:45 |
Biopsy free NAFLD: Non-invasive versus histological modalities in diagnosis and assessing outcomes |
Laurent Castera (France) |
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20:45-21:00 |
Evidence based approach to management of NASH without histological Assessment |
Arun J. Sanyal (USA) |
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21:00-21:15 |
Gut-liver axis and microbiota in NAFLD: A link to emerging therapies |
Jasmohan S. Bajaj (USA) |
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21:15-21:30 |
Current and future therapeutic landscape for NAFLD |
Zobair M Younossi (USA) |
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21:30-22:00 |
Q & A, Discussion |
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22:00 |
Dinner |
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Day 3: Sunday, December 13, 2020
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Rising Star Forum Chairs: Masood Siddiq , Altaf Baqir , Ali Hyder , Altaf Shaikh, Sadiq Achakzai Moderator: Farhana Kiyani |
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09:00-09:15 |
Topic: The enigma of Autoimmune hepatitis Overlap Syndrome |
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09:15-09:30 |
Development of a nomogram to predict the severity of hepatic fibrosis by noninvasive markers and treatment allocation in NAFLD patients |
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09:30-09:45 |
Acute on chronic liver failure: Alife threatening medical problem with geographical differences and global controversies |
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09:45-10:00 |
Q & A and Discussion |
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Symposium XI: From Liver Transplant to Personalized Patient Care Chair: Faisal Dar , Abdul Wahab Dogar , Asif Baig , Shahid Karim , Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti Moderator: Atif Majeed |
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10:00-10:15 |
Liver transplant: The art of personalized immunosuppression |
Bilal Hameed (USA) |
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10:15-10:30 |
Post-transplant challenges: Dealing with the complications |
M. Arsalan Khan |
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10:30-10:45 |
Managing recurrence of primary etiologies after liver transplant |
Khalid Mumtaz (USA) |
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10:45-11:15 |
The State of Art Lecture: Transplant or not to transplant: Challenges in decision making |
Mohamed Rela (India) |
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11:15-11:45 |
Q & A and Discussion |
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Symposium XII: Autoimmune and Drug-induced Liver Diseases Chairs: Nauman Zakir, Kashif Malik , Shakeel Ahmed Mirza, Abdul Qayyum Memon , Om Parkash Moderator: Saadat Jaskani |
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11:45-12:00 |
Autoimmune hepatitis with and withput cirrhosis:Current and future treatment |
Motaz Fathy Saad (Kuwait) |
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12:00-12:15 |
PBC and PSC: Updates in diagnosis and management |
Masood Siddiq |
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12:15-12:30 |
IgG4-related diseases with HPB involvement: The art of dealing with a multifaceted disease |
Nadeem Tehami (UK) |
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12:30-12:45 |
Drug-induced liver injury: Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment |
Shahab Abid |
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12:45-13:00 |
Q & A and Discussion |
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13:00-14:00 |
Prayers & Lunch |
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Symposium XIII: Liver Tumors Chairs: Shoaib Shafi, Sadiq Memon, Karim Kammeruddin, Nazish Butt, Haseeb Haider Zia Moderator: Adil Naseer |
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14:00-14:15 |
The changing Epidemiology and prevention of HCC |
Rosmawati Mohamed (Malaysia) |
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14:15-14:30 |
Biomarkers in HCC surveillance and diagnosis |
Zaigham Abbas |
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14:30-14:45 |
Immunotherapy in the management of HCC: A major step forward |
Peter R Galle (Germany) |
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14:45-15:00 |
Don’t mess with liver masses: Managing lesions other than HCC (ICC, adenoma, fibrolamellar variant of HCC) |
Ashok Choudhury (India) |
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15:00-15:15 |
Q & A and Discussion |
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Symposium XIV: Potpourri Chairs: Ashfaq Ahmed, Nasir Luck , Abdullah Bin Khalid , Abdul Qadir , Zeeshan Ali Moderator: Muhammad Kamran |
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15:15-15:30 |
Hepatitis E: The menace beyond the liver |
Sudhamshu K. C. (Nepal) |
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15:30-15:45 |
Climate Change: Implications for Liver Disease |
Dessmond Ladden (Canada) |
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15:45-16:00 |
Updates in the management of Alcohol-associated Liver Disease |
Dong-Joon KIM (Korea) |
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16:00-16:15 |
Managing cirrhosis and portal hypertension in pregnancy |
Mohamed Alboraie (Egypt) |
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16:15-16:30 |
Vascular thrombosis in cirrhosis: When and how to manage with anticoagulation |
Mohammad Salih |
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16:30-16:45 |
Diet, exercise, and NAFLD: What do I tell my patients? |
Ananta Sharesta (Nepal) |
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16:45-17:15 |
Q & A, Discussion |
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Closing Ceremony Moderator: Junaid Saleem |
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17:15-17:45 |
Best Oral Presentation Awards |
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Best Poster Presentation Awards |
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Quiz Winners |
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PSSLD Rising Star Awards |
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Closing Remarks |
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